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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

L'avant-comptoir

OK, forget everything we've been chatting about of late...

Today we're going to make couchon cochon/pigs of ourselves.

At L'avant-comptoir3 Carrefour de l'Odeon75006 ParisMetro Odeon.Open 12h - 23h. Their specialty is (or it was when I visited last October) crepes.I ordered La Crepe du Jour - a combo of smoked duck turkey, artichoke, marinated tomatoes, fromage Emantal and rocket.It's always a good idea to order the special of the day.

Thanks dear PBers for correcting my French! First the pour of the batter... Wait for the edges to get lacy.FYI-I'm standing in the street looking in, enhaling and waiting... Next throw on the cheese...Quite a lot of cheese... Then on go the duck or dinde et les tomats.L'artichaut a la prochaine.

Enfin le rocquette.

Fold.

And devour!

Munch Munch

Chomp Chomp

Miam miam

The day I was there, the chef Yves Camdeborde had closed off the interior and was having a private tasting party. The latest news isL'avant-comptoir has turned into a tapas-wine bar. What? No more crepes!

19 comments:

Bonjour, Carol: I love L'avant-comptoir--it's just a few blocks from my hotel and across thestreet from my favorite early evening watering hole: Les Editeurs--a perfect placeto grab a terrace table and watch the Parisian world go by. Oh, regarding the crepe,I believe dinde is turkey, not duck--but I could be wrong. ;-)Regards,Ron

I've never heard of such a wonderful crepe combination before! miam-miam and thanks for the PB.You've probably been alerted already by hungry readers that dinde is actually turkey... well, it's that time of year!XOSusanne

Yves did in fact open it as an hors d'oeuvres bar (he winces at the word tapas) and breathe beep, the fab crepes are still sold to go out of the window. I'm there so often he said he was putting a "Wendy's hours are 6-8" in the door... not sure that is a good thing or not! I live in the neighbourhood, it'd be great to share some snacks and glass of Morgon with you. Love your posts... Wen

PB - it looked so delicious I decided to make them for dinner - Picked up mesquite smoked turkey, marinated artichokes and tomatoes, emmenthal and an herb salad, made my crepes - absolutely wonderful and so quick and easy! Merci beaucoup! Cindy in Columbus

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